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recompose

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re⋅com⋅pose

  [ree-kuhm-pohz]
–verb (used with object), -posed, -pos⋅ing.
1. to compose again; reconstitute; rearrange.
2. to restore to composure or calmness.
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Origin:
1605–15; re- + compose

Related forms:
re⋅com⋅po⋅si⋅tion  [ree-kom-puh-zish-uhn] , noun
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re·com·pose   (rē'kəm-pōz')   
tr.v.   re·com·posed, re·com·pos·ing, re·com·pos·es

  1. To compose again; reorganize or rearrange.

  2. To restore to composure; calm.

re'com·po·si'tion (rē'kŏm-pə-zĭsh'ən) n.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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